Originally Posted by
mazdaspeed
Also note that at some point in the late 80's, the prelude went from sport touring geometry to racing geometry.
That change happened in '88. It has HT/ST angles of 72.5/72.5 in '87 and changed to 73/74 in '88. The wheel base stayed at 39.75", a 1/4" longer than the higher end models with 39.5". Then in '89 the wheelbase was shortened to 39.4" along with the other models.